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Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity soared to 51.4 miles (82.7 kilometers) above Earth on Dec. 13, 2018. -- Full Story: https://www.space.com/42716-virgin-galactic-spaceshiptwo-unity-reaches-space.html Credit: Virgin Galactic / Mash mix: Space.com

The pilots of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity reached an altitude of 82.7km this morning, which is high enough for the FAA to award them commercial astronaut wings.

It’s 5 a.m. on a normal September day and #NASAExplorers have gathered in a California field to watch a rocket launch light up the pre-dawn sky. On board the rocket is a satellite more than 10 years in the making, with one single instrument that will revolutionize the study of ice on Earth. Join the team in the excitement and stress of watching ICESat-2 launch into space and begin its work measuring our home planet.

Blue Origin, perhaps the sleeping giant of the aerospace industry, will be going from a tiny suborbital rocket, to one of the biggest rockets ever made… Today, we’re finally going to do a quick rundown on Blue Origin, talk about their upcoming New Glenn rocket and then compare it to some of the other Heavy Lift Launchers it will be competing against. Want sources and a full article about this video? Here you go! - https://everydayastronaut.com/new-glenn-2018/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to HazeGrayArt for letting me use some of his gorgeous animations of New Glenn in this video! MUST SEE! - https://youtu.be/duGy_StSCkg Grid Fin Not-A-Coasters and SCIENCE T-Shirts are available on my new webstore! - https://shop.everydayastronaut.com/products/coaster-set All music is original! Check out my album "Maximum Aerodynamic Pressure" anywhere you listen to music (Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, etc) or click here for easy links - http://everydayastronaut.com/music Show your support by becoming a Patreon - http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut This video had two "Moon Walkers" who helped make this possible - Blake Jacobs and Mac Malkawi Check out my new podcast!!!! - https://ourludicrousfuture.com Thinking about ordering a Tesla? Get free unlimited supercharging!! http://ts.la/tim19804 Already order a Model 3 and waiting for delivery? You can use my referral code too (talk to your advisor) tim19804 🙂

Jane Poynter is CEO of World View Enterprises, a flight technology company which transports things to the stratosphere and back using high altitude balloons. One day soon, she'd like to send us all up there too. Video by Leila Hussain & David Nicholson

Aerospace engineers at NASA Langley are helping the Space Launch System —NASA's next heavy-lift rocket— get off the ground. @NASA_SLS will be the most powerful rocket we’ve ever built. Potential stops? The Moon and Mars.

Comments by Elon Musk on Twitter tell us that SpaceX will be turning the Upper stage of Falcon 9 into something closer to the upper stage of the BFR to test key technologies: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1060253333116473344 Details are of course vague at this time, but after thinking about it I think I have a good idea of what to expect based on what's been revealed, what we know and when this is supposed to fly.

Yes, I know I just woke up and the Soyuz story needs to be covered, that'll be done in a couple of hours. However here's what I recorded last night about the Air Force funding of these 2 future launch vehicles, which is big news for US launch industry.

Reuters reports that Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said on Thursday he hoped the United States would be understanding about a malfunction that occurred during a launch of the “Soyuz” spacecraft. He was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency that manned space flights would be suspended until an investigation into the causes of the malfunction is completed. “Soyuz” made an emergency landing near the city of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan after its booster rockets failed in mid-air en route to the International Space Station. It had a Russian cosmonaut and a U.S. astronaut on board. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/n8vIMQg9fc4/russia-hopes-usa-will-be-understanding-about-soyuz-incident-ifax-idUSKCN1ML1BM http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit Tech using http://wochit.com

A Journey to the Edge of Time and Space Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ As we continue our look at Generation Ships, vast vessels designed to carry many thousands of colonists to distant and alien worlds centuries away, we must ask just how far and how long such ships can be made to last? Can space ships be made that will endure even longer voyages of thousands or even millions of years in the void of interstellar or even intergalactic space? Will ships, and their crews, fall apart or turn into Cargo Cults who no longer remember how their technology functions or what their mission was? Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia Social Media: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/v5UKTsz Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud: Episode's Audio-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/the-million-year-ark Episode's Narration-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/the-million-year-ark-narration-only Credits: Generation Ships: The Million Year Ark Episode 155, S4E41 Writers: Isaac Arthur Editors: A.T. Long Darius Said Derek Hightower Gregory Leal https://www.gregschool.org/ Jerry Guern Keith Blockus Mark Warburton Sigmund Kopperud Graphics: Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/ Jarred Eagley Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Justin Dixon Krisitijan Tavcar https://www.miragedereve.com LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com Sam McNamara Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Producer: Isaac Arthur Cover Artist: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Narrator: Isaac Arthur Music Manager: Luca De Rosa - [email protected] Music: Markus Junnikkala, “Plotting a Course" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/ Stellardrone, "Between The Rings" & "Edge of Forever" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com Chris Zabriskie, "Mario Bava Sleeps In a Little Later Than He Expected To" http://chriszabriskie.com Koalips, “Kvazar" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Koalips/ Aerium, "Deiljocht" (ft. Sieger) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ Ayreon, “The Theory of Everything Part 1" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA

Ariane 6 will play a key role in an exciting international Moon exploration project. To be continued… 🚀🌙

With SpaceX announcing the BFR's first official mission to the moon, the possibility of Earth to Earth travel seems a little bit closer. In this video, we look at what needs to be done before Earth to Earth rocket travel can replace the traditional airliners that we use today. We also compare the dawn of passenger rocket travel to the early days of airplanes. Thanks for watching this Primal Space video. If you enjoyed it, let me know in the comments below and don't forget to subscribe so you can see more videos like this! Support Primal Space by becoming a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/primalspace Special thanks to these creators for their aviation footage! CathayA340 - https://www.youtube.com/NYCPlanespotting Cloudsurfing - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX-bwmHHvskeQIBg03RAcDg David Hynes Top Banana Productions - https://www.youtube.com/user/bananamanuk DutchPlaneSpotter - https://www.youtube.com/DutchPlaneSpotter FlightExperience - https://www.youtube.com/FlightExperienceDE Twitter: https://twitter.com/thePrimalSpace Music used in this video: » Please - Wayne Jones » Muffled Tines - Roljui » New Land - ALBIS » Ambient Music - Music Master » Angelic Forest - Doug Maxwell » Infinite Perspective - Kevin MacLeod

Rocket launch compilation of Japanese rockets. Rockets : H-IIA 202 / H-IIA 204 / H-IIB / Eplison / SS-520 Payloads : IGS-Radar 6 / IGS-Optical 6 / GCOM-C & SLATS / QZS-4 / Himawari 9 / Telstar 12 Vantage / ASTRO-H / HTV-3 / HTV-6 / ASNARO-2 / TRICOM-1R Video edited by : Go To Space Footage Courtesy: JAXA / MHI / NASA Outro Music: HeroicMonk - Can't Kill Me https://soundcloud.com/heroicmonk * YouTube channel : https://www.youtube.com/GotospaceOrg * Twitter : https://twitter.com/GoToSpace_GTS * Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/GoToSpace/ * Google+ : https://plus.google.com/+GotospaceOrg List of launches featured in this compilation : Date: 12 June 2018 Rocket: H-IIA 202 Payload: IGS-Radar 6 Date: 27 February 2018 Rocket: H-IIA 202 Payload: IGS-Optical 6 Date: 23 December 2017 Rocket: H-IIA 202 Payload: GCOM-C & SLATS Date: 9 October 2017 Rocket: H-IIA 202 Payload: QZS-4 Date: 2 November 2016 Rocket: H-IIA 202 Payload: Himawari 9 Date: 24 November 2015 Rocket: H-IIA 204 Payload: Telstar 12 Vantage Date: 17 February 2016 Rocket: H-IIA 202 Payload: ASTRO-H Date: 9 December 2016 Rocket: H-IIB Payload: HTV-6 Date: 21 July 2012 Rocket: H-IIB Payload: HTV-3 Date: 17 January 2018 Rocket: Epsilon 4 stages Payload: ASNARO-2 Date: 3 February 2018 Rocket: SS-520 Payload: TRICOM-1R #Compilation #Japanese #Rockets

Elon Musk updated the world with the plans for SpaceX's BFR at SpaceX HQ in Hawthorne. I attended to learn about all the new exciting changes! For now, we're going to just look at what has changed with the vehicle over the years and why it keeps changing. Later we'll do more in depth videos about Yusaku Maezawa's beautiful #dearmoon project and the weird reentry system of the new BFR! Follow up video: Why SpaceX's BFS will fall like a skydiver and not fly like an airplane - https://youtu.be/SCCw_M8MAU0 Show your support and join our exclusive discord channel and subreddit by becoming a Patron - http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut Everyday Astronaut hats, prints, shirts and more at - https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/ All music is original! Check out the songs on soundcloud! http://soundcloud.com/everydayastronaut

The 700 tonne steel table that will support Ariane 6 at liftoff was transferred to the pad at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 10 September 2018. It is so large that it arrived in parts by ship in February and was then welded together and fitted with equipment at a preparation area 250 m from the launch pad. Moving this giant 4 m high, 20 m long and 18 m wide table to its permanent position on the centre of the pad is complex. Four hydraulic jacks lifted the table then two trollies moved the table to the edge of the launch pad. A temporary railway and a mechanical guidance system helped roll the table into position over the centre of the pad where it will be lowered with millimeter precision into its final position. Further mechanical, fluidic and electrical equipment will be installed inside and outside the table. Credits: ESA/CNES 2018 Learn more about #Ariane6: http://ariane6.esa.int/ ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow ESA on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr ESA is Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out http://www.esa.int/ESA to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions

During a rocket launch, the sound energy produced by the engines is strong enough to seriously damage anything in close proximity. So how do NASA get around this problem? This video looks at the methods NASA and the Russians use to reduce the sound energy during a rocket launch. Thanks for watching this Primal Space video. If you enjoyed it, let me know in the comments below and don't forget to subscribe so you can see more videos like this! Support Primal Space by becoming a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/primalspace Twitter: https://twitter.com/thePrimalSpace Music used in this video: » Open Sea Morning - Puddle of Infinity » Proud - Bobby Renz » Back To Vik - Leviathe Incredible thumbnail image taken by Brady Kenniston: http://www.bradykenniston.com/

China will launch its first commercial solid-propellant carrier rocket developed by a Chinese private company later this year. The ZQ-1 rocket was developed by Landspace, a Beijing-based rocket-maker. Its technicians are former state-owned aerospace industry workers. Carrying a small satellite, the rocket will be launched at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The 19-meter-long rocket has a 1.35-meter diameter, a takeoff weight of 27 tons and thrust of 45 tons. It is flexible, cost-efficient and has been designed with mature technology and a fast response ability. The satellite, Future, carried by the rocket is for space science and remote sensing for a TV show on China Central Television. It will orbit for two years. The company also plans to launch ZQ-2, a liquid-fueled rocket, in 2020. ZQ is short for zhuque, which means 'vermilion bird'. It is one of the four spirits of ancient Chinese mythology, representing fire and controlling the southerly direction. China has more than 60 private companies entering the commercial space industry. They are growing fast and competing in the market for launches of small satellites and rockets.

Six decades of NASA’s supersonic research is leading the way into a new era of aviation. This research has resulted in cutting-edge technology and a unique aerodynamic design that will demonstrate the ability to fly faster than the speed of sound without creating a loud sonic boom. This will be done in flight, through the agency’s newest supersonic X-plane, the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft. While preliminary flight research continues using F-18 research aircraft, NASA’s test pilots and engineers are developing and training with state-of-the-art tools, including simulators, an advanced eXternal Vision System (XVS), and community response technologies in anticipation of the X-59, which will be used to measure public response to sonic thumps beginning in 2023. More on Supersonic Flight → https://go.nasa.gov/2o6jaqg

Look inside Boeing’s Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, the commercial spacecraft that will fly astronauts from the U.S. to the International Space Station for the first time since 2011.

NASA recently announced who will be flying on the first commercial crew flights and both Boeing and SpaceX are racing to get their spaceships, their launch sites AND their spacesuits ready to return humans to space from US soil. Boeing’s spaceship is the CST-100 Starliner, a capsule shaped spacecraft that can fly up to 7 astronauts to space. For NASA missions to the International Space Station, it will fly up to 4 astronauts at a time, filling the rest of the capsule with cargo. The Starliner will launch on top of perhaps the most reliable rocket ever made. ULA’s Atlas V with 2 strap on solid rocket motors and 2 RL-10 upper stage engines. A configuration that an Atlas 5 has never actually flown before, but all the hardware has been flown many times throughout history. Check out my article all about what it's like to train with the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and wear their incredible space suit! https://everydayastronaut.com/boeing-starliner-astronaut/ What it's like to wear Boeing's Space Suit video - https://youtu.be/FaOAsUR-o-U Show your support, get a chance to win flown hardware and join our exclusive discord channel by becoming a Patron - http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut Music by Everyday Astronaut - http://soundcloud.com/everydayastronaut Everyday Astronaut hats, prints, shirts and more at - https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/ SpaceX models by Oli Braun http://twitter.com/oli_braun and his store - https://www.buzzspacemodels.com/

Stratolaunch has announced that their carrier plane, the largest ever built with a wingspan of 385 ft. (117 m), will have many vehicles to carry to launch altitude - including a space plane. -- Full Story: https://www.space.com/41548-stratolaunch-rocket-family-space-plane-revealed.html Credit: Space.com / footage & animation courtesy: Stratolaunch / produced and edited by Steve Spaleta http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta

Jessi Hempel, Wired senior writer, joins the 'Squawk Box' team to discuss Paul Allen's newest 385-foot airplane.

After finding out there was a company developing a smallsat launch vehicle practically in my back yard I hard to find out more. However the company is still in stealth mode - even calling themselves "Stealth Space Company" on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/stealth-space-company/) - but between sightings of their booster, public documents, grants and leases I've got a pretty good idea of what their booster is like. The public rocket views come from a local news station which caught site of the booster in Alameda https://abc7news.com/technology/sky7-spots-stealthy-space-startup-testing-its-rocket-in-alameda/3097474/

On Aug. 16, 1963, NASA's M2-F1 aircraft prototype made its first glide flight. This wingless aircraft kind of looked like a flying bathtub. NASA made it to test a new concept called the lifting body, which was an unpowered glider that provided an alternative way to return piloted spacecraft to Earth. Instead of pummeling out of the sky in a ballistic reentry, the lifting body landed sort of like an airplane. For its first test flight, the M2-F1 was towed 12,000 feet into the air by a C-47 Skytrain and then released. Test pilot Milt Thompson was in the cockpit, and he brought the glider in for a smooth landing in California after a two-minute descent.

Go to http://www.audible.com/joescott or text "joescott" to 500500 to start your free 30-day trial. Ion drives are a type of propulsion that provides a very small amount of force over a very long period of time, giving it the ability to build up to incredibly fast speeds. Cool, fun, nerdy T-shirts at the shop - go check them out! http://www.answerswithjoe.com/shirts Support me on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Follow me at all my places! Instagram: https://instagram.com/answerswithjoe Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/answerswithjoe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/answerswithjoe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/answerswithjoe LINKS LINKS LINKS NASA documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV5i_X1M77Q Universe Today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H0qsqZjLW0 Scott Manley on ion drives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb_U_CbQ5sc

During a tour of the NASA Orion Spacecraft mock-up at the Johnson Space Center, Space.com's managing editor Tariq Malik finds out where astronauts will go potty on long duration missions. Credit: Space.com

NASA announces the men and women who will be on board the first flights of the new spaceships built by Boeing and SpaceX when Americans are once again launched into space from the USA. News release: https://go.nasa.gov/2KoGhVS The nine astronauts targeted to make the first flights on the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon share their thoughts about the assignment and the importance of this new capability to support the International Space Station as part of the nation’s overall space exploration plan. More about the Commercial Crew Program: https://go.nasa.gov/1EIx5m6

China on Tuesday launched Gaofen-11, an optical remote sensing satellite, as part of the country's high-resolution Earth observation project. The Gaofen-11 satellite was launched on a Long March 4B rocket at 11:00 Beijing Time from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province. It was the 282nd flight mission by a Long March carrier rocket. The satellite can be used for land survey, urban planning, road network design, agriculture, and disaster relief. Its data will also be used for the Belt and Road Initiative. Since the Gaofen project began in 2010, China has gained an increasingly clearer view of the planet.

Another successful parachute test for Orion, how we’re getting back to the Moon, and an Apollo 11 virtual experience … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2018_0720_Successful%20Parachute%20Test%20for%20Orion%20on%20This%20Week%[email protected]%20%E2%80%93%20July%2020,%202018.html

Reaction Engines is at the Farnborough Airshow to talk about the air-breathing Sabre engine that will have the capability to go from a standing start to suborbit. Guy Norris is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, based in Los Angeles. Before joining Aviation Week in 2007, Guy was with Flight International, first as technical editor based in the U.K. and most recently as U.S. West Coast editor. Before joining Flight, he was London correspondent for Interavia, part of Jane's Information Group. Mark Thomas has been Chief Executive Officer of Reaction Engines Limited since May 2015. In this role he is leading development of the SABRE engine concept, a new class of aerospace propulsion system for hypersonic and space access applications, and building a successful technology business. During his first two and a half years Mark has grown the company from 65 to over 150 employees, secured investments from BAE Systems, the UK Government and DARPA, and expanded operations in the UK and US. Before joining Reaction Engines, Mark graduated from Cambridge University with an Engineering degree and spent over 25 years working in the Defence and Civil Aerospace businesses of Rolls-Royce plc. During this time he led a number of key programmes for Rolls-Royce, working closely with customers and partners worldwide. Notable roles included Chief Development Engineer for the EJ200 (Typhoon) engine, Chief Engineer of multiple military and civil engine programmes Technical Director of the Eurojet Turbo GmbH consortium based in Munich, and Chief Engineer, Civil Aerospace Technology and Future Programmes. He is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Blue Origin will be launching their 9th mission for their New Shepard sub-orbital launcher. They will be testing out their escape motor at a high altitude, which might make for a very interesting mission! Follow and Like my upcoming new series on Facebook Watch with Space.com "Spacing Out!" - https://www.facebook.com/SpacingOutEverydayAstronaut/ Show your support and join our discord channel by becoming a Patron - http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut Music by Everyday Astronaut - http://soundcloud.com/everydayastronaut Everyday Astronaut hats, prints, shirts and more at - https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/ SpaceX models by Oli Braun http://twitter.com/oli_braun and his store - https://www.buzzspacemodels.com/

New Shepard flew for the ninth time on July 18, 2018. During this mission, known as Mission 9 (M9), the escape motor was fired shortly after booster separation. The Crew Capsule was pushed hard by the escape test and we stressed the rocket to test that astronauts can get away from an anomaly at any time during flight. The mission was a success for both the booster and capsule. Most importantly, astronauts would have had an exhilarating ride and safe landing. This isn’t the first time we’ve done this type of extreme testing on New Shepard. In October of 2012, we simulated a booster failure on the launch pad and had a successful escape. Then in October of 2016, we simulated a booster failure in-flight at Max Q, which is the most physically strenuous point in the flight for the rocket, and had a completely successful escape of the capsule. This test on M9 allowed us to finally characterize escape motor performance in the near-vacuum of space and guarantee that we can safely return our astronauts in any phase of flight. Also on M9, New Shepard carried science and research payloads from commercial companies, universities and space agencies. Learn more about the payloads on board here: http://www.blueorigin.com/news/news/payload-manifest-on-mission-9

On July 17, 1962, the American test pilot Bob White broke the world record for the highest altitude flight. He took off from Edwards Air Force Base in a rocket-powered X-15 aircraft and made it to an altitude of 314,750 feet. That's almost 60 miles! At the time, the Air Force considered the edge of space to be 50 miles above the Earth. So White received astronaut wings for his record-breaking spaceflight.

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Parker Solar Probe's launch vehicle - the Delta IV Heavy, the most powerful rocket currently used by NASA - will carry the spacecraft into space later this year, marking the first time the Delta IV Heavy will carry a NASA science mission aloft. Johns Hopkins APL's Jennifer Fischer, deputy system assurance lead, interviews Project Manager Andy Driesman about the launch and the efforts to date to make this historic mission possible. Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/parker-solar-probe http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/

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The Falcon 9. The world’s FIRST reusable rocket. Wait. No it’s not. Do you remember the Space Shuttle? It had those solid rocket boosters and the orbiter, which were both reusable weren’t they? Well, today we’re going to talk about why the Space Shuttle failed to actually be reusable and wound up being described with a more accurate word, refurbish-able. People often cite the shortcomings of the Space Shuttle and are quick to point it to SpaceX’s claims of the Falcon 9 booster being reusable. So today we’re going to look at what it took to get the space shuttle operational between flights, what it takes to get a Falcon 9 operational between flights, and why SpaceX’s first stage boosters take much less of a beating than the Space Shuttle. We’ll also do a quick reminder of what technologies SpaceX added to their Block 5 booster to hopefully achieve their goal of making a rapidly reusable rocket that can truly be reused 10 times before needing serious refurbishment. ----------------------------------------------------- What are those moving globes on my desk??? Well those are MOVA globes and they're amazing!!! - http://bit.ly/OuterSpaceMOVAGlobes Check out kNews for awesome updates on spaceflight with Lukas - https://www.youtube.com/user/KerbalEssences Thanks to Teslarati for allowing me to use their image in my thumbnail! - https://twitter.com/w00ki33/status/1071462774834790405 My second place Tesla commercial "Spaceships. For Earth." - https://youtu.be/tTkNWiYR_Vo Show your support and join our discord channel by becoming a Patron - http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut Music by Everyday Astronaut - http://soundcloud.com/everydayastronaut Everyday Astronaut hats, prints, shirts and more at - https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/ SpaceX models by Oli Braun http://twitter.com/oli_braun and his store - https://www.buzzspacemodels.com/

Space is hard. There’s a reason we use rocket science as a benchmark for anything extremely difficult. I for one champion all things space and eagerly await every single upcoming space event. But, in order to move forward, we’d better look back at some past failures and see what we’ve learned from them. What better way to do that than to watch some of the biggest boom’s in spaceflight history? BUT as always on my channel, this isn’t just a random compilation of crazy explosions, nope sorry… I’ll be teaching you what went wrong and other random facts about each mission so we too can learn while we watch some fireworks…. After all, mistakes are only mistakes if you don’t learn anything from them. That being said, let’s see some of the biggest booms in rocket history! 12: SpaceX landing attempts (2015) 11: SM-65 Atlas, 6/11/1957 10: Titan 1, 12/12/1959 9: Atlas/Centaur 5, 3/2/1965 8: Falcon 9 / Amos 6, 9/1/2016 7: Antares / CRS ORB-3, 10/28/2014 6: Juno II / Explorer S-1, 7/16/1959 5: Ariane 5, 6/4/1996 4: Proton / GLONASS, 7/2/2013 3: Titan IV / A-20, 8/12/98 2 Delta II / GPS IIR-1, 1/17/1997 1: N1 / L1 ZOND, 7/3/1968 Rockets in Everyday Places - https://youtu.be/cLJkk-iHr8Q Matt Travis "It's gonna get loud" footage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ0SgAU9LXI&t=36s Antares failure from Elliot Severn - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9ythm-Rjy4 Amos - 6 - http://uslaunchreport.com Follow and Like my new series on Facebook Watch with Space.com "Spacing Out!" - https://www.facebook.com/SpacingOutEverydayAstronaut/ My second place Tesla commercial "Spaceships. For Earth." - https://youtu.be/tTkNWiYR_Vo Show your support and join our discord channel by becoming a Patron - http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut Music by Everyday Astronaut - http://soundcloud.com/everydayastronaut Everyday Astronaut hats, prints, shirts and more at - https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/ SpaceX models by Oli Braun http://twitter.com/oli_braun and his store - https://www.buzzspacemodels.com/

The Saturn V was an American human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. The three-stage liquid-fueled super heavy-lift launch vehicle was developed to support the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon and was later used to launch Skylab, the first American space station. The Saturn V was launched 13 times from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with no loss of crew or payload. As of 2018, the Saturn V remains the tallest, heaviest, and most powerful (highest total impulse) rocket ever brought to operational status, and holds records for the heaviest payload launched and largest payload capacity to low Earth orbit (LEO) of 140,000 kg, which included the third stage and unburned propellant needed to send the Apollo Command/Service Module and Lunar Module to the Moon. To date, the Saturn V remains the only launch vehicle to carry humans beyond low Earth orbit. A total of 15 flight-capable vehicles were built, but only 13 were flown. An additional three vehicles were built for ground testing purposes. A total of 24 astronauts were launched to the Moon, three of them twice, in the four years spanning December 1968 through December 1972.

The X-33 was the prototype replacement for the Space Shuttle and would feature a range of cutting-edge technologies that would make much cheaper to operate and quicker to turn around with much less personal. Although 95% of the components had been made and delivered and a new flight centre had been built it was cancelled in a shock decision that would put back the reusable space program years. Was this NASA's biggest mistake of recent years or was it just too advanced for the time, in this video we look at the X-33 and the reason why it ended up being scrapped. Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/curiousdroid Sponsored by Luke Tumas Vindziulis Muhammad Tauha Ali Pascal Hausammann Florian Hesse And : Morten Granvold, Tim Allen, David Thomas, Robert Goldwein, Oscar Anderson, Collin Copfer, coolascats, Katy, Blair Leduc, Lajszla Antal, Chad Mellor, Bjorn Nyblad, Giacomo Catenazzi, AMIR BLACHMAN, Larry Ackerman, Ara Kirakosyan, Tayar Jundi, Johan Rombaut, Tobias Pettersson, Kevin Hinnen, Mitchel J. Mullin II, Hunter Schwisow, Peter Cote, Cody Belichesky, Mogoreanu Daniel, Douglas Gustafson, Marcus Chiado, Jorn Magnus Karlsen. This episodes shirt is the GARAGEFLOWER by Mapcap England available from www.atomretro.com/madcap_england Get 10% off with the code DROID10 Presented by Paul Shillito Written & Reseached by Paul Shillito Intro music by Mike Mullen BMI www.positrosmic.com Images and footage NASA, Rockwell, Lockhead Martin McDonnell Douglas White House

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[Space Tourism] Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity (VSS Unity) has successfully conducted her second powered test flight on 29 May 2018. On this flight VSS Unity's motor burned for 31 seconds propelling the spacecraft to a speed of Mach 1.9 and an altitude of 114,500 ft. Video edited by: Go To Space Footage Courtesy: Virgin Galactic Video Song: Easier to Fade (feat. Madi Larson) - A Himitsu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d432TRZEeYw https://soundcloud.com/a-himitsu Outro Music : HeroicMonk - Can't Kill Me https://soundcloud.com/heroicmonk - YouTube channel : https://www.youtube.com/GotospaceOrg - Twitter : https://twitter.com/GoToSpace_GTS - Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/GoToSpace/ - Google+ : https://plus.google.com/+GotospaceOrg

https://brilliant.org/CuriousDroid Over 50 years ago an engine was designed that overcame the inherent design inefficiencies of bell-shaped rocket nozzles, but despite much research in the 60's, 70's and 90's and was to power the replacement for the Space Shuttle. But 50 years on and it still yet to be flight tested. So why aren't we using Aerospike rocket engines? This video is sponsored by https://brilliant.org/curiousdroid The first 200 people to apply will get a 20% discount on their yearly Brilliant subscription. Presented by Paul Shillito Written and researched by Paul Shillito Intro music by Mike Mullen BMI www.positrosmic.com Footage and Images - NASA, SpaceX, Rocketdyne, Lockheed Martin This episodes shirt is the Madcap England Wallflower - available here https://www.madcapengland.com/product/30339/mens-mod-rayon-fabric-vintage-shirt-white.

The controversial Em Drive is back in the news, as well as some other interesting stuff I've run across in the last week. Em Drive: https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/23/impossible-em-drive-is-actually-impossible-after-all/ Scott Manley's video: https://youtu.be/rJM6lP9CuSw My previous video on Em Drive: https://youtu.be/gTEMMiQXXVg NASA's Cold Atom Lab https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/21/nasa-cold-atom-lab-launches/ Eyeball Planets Might Hold Life: http://nautil.us/blog/-forget-earth_likewell-first-find-aliens-on-eyeball-planets Support me on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Follow me at all my places! Instagram: https://instagram.com/answerswithjoe Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/answerswithjoe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/answerswithjoe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/answerswithjoe

People always ask me why we’re stuck with chemical rockets. Seriously, exploding a bunch of hydrogen or kerosene is the best we can do? Good news, there are other, exotic science fiction-sounding propulsion systems out there which use electromagnetic fields to accelerate atoms, allowing their spacecraft to accelerate for months at a time. I’m talking about ion engines, of course, and several spacecraft have already used these exotic thrusters to perform some of the most amazing missions in the exploration of the Solar System. Audio Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/universe-today-guide-to-space-audio/id794058155?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/audio Video Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/bh/podcast/universe-today-video/id794057165?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/video What Fraser's Watching Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmkjd428BcHcCEVWOjv7cJ1G Weekly email newsletter: https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday Google+ - https://plus.google.com/+universetoday/ Instagram - http://instagram.com/universetoday Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / [email protected] Karla Thompson - @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw Chad Weber - [email protected] Chloe Cain - Instagram: @chloegwen2001 References: http://www.spacex.com/falcon9 https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/technology/Ion_Propulsion1.html https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=272 https://www.space.com/38444-mars-thruster-design-breaks-records.html http://m.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/World-first_firing_of_air-breathing_electric_thruster

From Minotaur to OmegA, the private spaceflight company has a wide array of space launch vehicles to meet a variety of payload needs. Credit: Space.com / Orbital ATK / produced and edited by Steve Spaleta http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta

Rockets are HUGE, complicated and expensive. As a matter of fact, the rocket that took humans to the moon, the Saturn 5, was 111 meters or 363 feet tall, and had more separation events than dating teenagers. So why do rockets always split themselves into multiple parts. Isn’t that complicated and risky? Why throw so much away? I mean, there’s got to be a better way!!! Well how about if rockets were only ONE stage? How awesome would that be? Well this idea isn’t new… it’s called single stage to orbit or SSTO and it’s often considered the holy grail of rocketry. Well, today, I’m going to SMASH THAT HOLY GRAIL and explain why I think SSTO’s SUCK. In order to drill this point in we’ll teach you all about the tyranny of the rocket equation and help you understand why every orbital rocket, well, ever is multistage. Then we’ll take a stroll down SSTO history and look at some crazy designs that in some cases almost worked... And not to be a huge downer, we will take a look at some SSTO designs that MIGHT actually work, including the Skylon spaceplane that uses the awesome SABRE hybrid engine. Show your support and join our discord channel and subreddit by becoming Patron - http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut Follow my new Series on Facebook Watch with Space.com "Spacing Out!" - https://www.facebook.com/SpacingOutEverydayAstronaut/ Music by Everyday Astronaut - http://soundcloud.com/everydayastronaut Everyday Astronaut hats, prints, shirts and more at - https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/ SpaceX models by Oli Braun http://twitter.com/oli_braun and his store - https://www.buzzspacemodels.com/

Reactions Engines New Test Facility, known as TF1 is located in Westcott Venture Park in Buckinghamshire UK, a location with a strong history of rocket propulsion research, having been used to test various UK rocket projects since 1946, including the Blue Streak and Black Arrow programmes. In 2016 the UK Space Agency selected Westcott as the UK’s National Space Propulsion Test Facility and the site is now home to a number of space propulsion and satellite technology companies. In May 2017 Reaction Engines held a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction of a new engine test facility which will enable tests of the critical subsystems along with the testing of a SABRE engine core. Since the ground breaking event great progress has been made to both the assembly building and the test site compound. On the test site compound where the rocket engine will be tested, the 5m high gabion wall to protect our neighbours from the noise is complete. On the back of the gabion wall will be a landscaped grass bank that has been constructed with 12,400 cubic meters of earth weighing 22,400 tonnes, all held together with 36,500 square meters of matting. Despite the weather causing some minor delays on the test site compound, progress is good and the area is now taking shape. The majority of the ducts have been laid around the perimeter edge, other trenches are on-going for the cable ducts to cater for the miles of cable connecting the test site compound to the test site mission control room in the assembly building. The requirements from the engineers are now being finalised to cater for complex plant layout which will determine the layout of the concrete plinths and the reinforced containment shelter that will house the engine core during testing. Reaction Engines are also pleased to announce the appointment of Air Liquide to design and supply the Cryogenic Liquids and Gases required for the engine testing. This will involve Reaction Engines and Air Liquide working together for the next 18 months to deliver a complex cryogenic and gaseous delivery system.

Article: “Next-Generation RS-25 Engines for the NASA Space Launch System” http://go.usa.gov/xQ8Jm Related Articles: http://go.usa.gov/xQ8Jv NASA STI Program: https://sti.nasa.gov NASA Technical Reports Server: https://ntrs.nasa.gov Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/nasastiprogram Twitter: @NASA_STI Stennis Space Center has long been known as the agency’s largest rocket testing facility and they have been extremely busy with the testing of the upgraded RS-25 engines. In fact all RS-25 Engine testing happens exclusively at Stennis Space Center! If these look familiar to you, it may be due to the fact that they were used as the space shuttle main engine for the last 30 years. Compared to the 3 RS-25 engines that the space shuttle had the SLS will utilize 4 of them to produce 2 Million pounds of thrust. The thorough testing of the RS-25 plays an essential role in upholding NASA’s high standards of efficient and reliable engines.